Is now the time?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.timesonlin...me/article6899548.ece

///Judge Michael Henshell told her that a custodial sentence was necessary to deter others but she was freed by the court because she had already spent more than 12 months in custody on remand///

Only 1 year for this? not much of a deterrent, I think.

She was born in Tangier had a home in Holland but is planning to move to England with her six children, because she believed that she had suffered religious discrimination in the Netherlands.

How can these people just travel and settle in any country they wish to?

It has been debated many times before, but isn't it now time to ban this ridiculous (but it seems convenient) garment.

[another-view]

Mein Kampf was wrong then. I can see for myself what is happening in our country and I don't like it.

[Quinlad]

I'm sure ordinary Germans could "see" what Jews were doing to their country too. There was plenty of propaganda around to support that view.

When you're insecure and gullible, it's easy to get sucked in. Then of course you see what your prejudices want you to see.

[anotheoldgit]

Quinlad

/// As you already know but are pretending not to realise, if burkhas were banned because of their ability to conceal objects, potential terrorists would just wear something else - a billowy dress, a big coat, baggy trousers.///

So those would also completely conceal their identity too would they?

I don't think so, but it is a fact that you conveniently missed out..

But until they are banned you feel free to continue to wear the Burka, I bet it suits you.

[jake-the-peg]

Your "question" was based on the hiding of this memory stick though wasn't it? not on the conceling of identity

[sp1814]

another-view

Are you saying that you aren't British unless you're white?

[sp1814]

AOG

This is how the 'burkha issue' is handled at UK airports.

Any woman wearing this type of clothing can be asked to remove it by a female immigration officer (not necessarily a muslim) or security guard, in private.

If they refuse they don't get past passport control either on the way in or the way out.

Even if they are covered by a burqa that does not prevent them from being scanned by metal detectors or being sniffed by dogs who are trained to detect contraband goods. If you are arguing that the burqa will conceal illegal goods, than by that premise we should implement mandatory nudity to expose the whole body, otherwise it would be impossible to know what is under any type of clothing whether it be a burqa or a mini dress.